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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1938-06-03

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1938-06-03, page 01

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Volume XVI'I—No. 232
COLUMBUS* OHIO, JUWi 3, 1938
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Tidbits From EveryiYhcro By PHINEAS J. BIRON
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NAZTl STUFF
The captain of one o£ the big German liners is going to bo grab¬ bed by G-men ono of these days in connection with Uncle Sam's probe of a Nazi.spy ring...We wonder whether a certain member of tho U. S. Senate, from a South¬ ern State, knows thnt his speeches against immigration are being handed out at Nazi Bund meetings .. .If the Anti-Nazi League should decide to go through with a boy- colt oE tho SohmcUng-Louis flght they ought 'to bo told that ono of their officers has bought a. block of tickets for tho bout. ..We had hoard it before, but not until We read it in The Commonweal, Ca¬ tholic weekly, did wo really believe tho report that Mayor Hague's Jersey City cops Went out of their way to beat up Jews who happen¬ ed to be in Jounial Square the night Norman Thomas was bounc¬ ed out of Hagucvljle...Ono of Montreal's lea'ding Christian civic leaders is making arrangements to bring into Canada a 17-ycar old ^German Jewish )ad from Mainz whoso grandfather was a friend of his.,.Walt Disney ought to be told that the German-American Bund is using the tuno of the Marching Song from "Snow White nnd tho Seven Dwarfs" as the theme of an anti-Somitid' ditty used-at their meetings. ..One -of the Littlo Annie Rooney colored comics syndicated by tha Hearst- owned King Features recently con¬ tained some very subtle nnti- Faacist propaganda,.,.
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Mussolini has found it so tough to get mftney for the exploitation of Ethiopia that ho is readying an offer to turn the country over to the Jews under certain conditions, Geneva rumors,».That slogan of tho Polish irredentist Western Lenguo, "Out with the Jews and ' (^etmims,''. strike' i:he Nazis, as
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•WASHINGTON, D. C. (WNS)— To centralize the task of re-set¬ tling German Jowish refugeea in the United States away-from the congested Eastern centers of popu¬ lation tho National Coordinating Committee for German nefngees created a national resettlement coinmittee at a meeting held here because many of its members were attending the sessions of the Na¬ tional Confeience of Jewish Social Service, the National Association of Jewish Center Workers and the I^ational Council fbr Jewish Edu¬ cation. The new committee will undertake to coordinate existing local and regional resettlement committees throughout the coun¬ try.
Dr. Samuel Dinin, registrar of the Jewish Theological Seminary, was reelected president of the Na¬ tional Council for Jewish Educa¬ tion, Other officers elected hy the educators were Bernard 'Isaacs of Detroit, vice-prosident; Samuel Blumenfeld of Chicago, aecretary; Nathan Brilliant of Cleveland, treasurer; and Boh Eosen of Phila¬ delphia, editor of "Jowisli Educa- tiqn'', The National Association of Jewish Center Workers named Samuel Shair, executive ' director of tha Scranton Y. M. H. A., presi¬ dent, and the following other offi¬ cers: Louis Kraft, acting execu¬ tive director of the Jewish Wel¬ fare Board, honorary president; Isadore Bierfeld of Yonkers, Ben- jttrtiin Fox of Brooklyn, Herman Jacobs of Detroit and Julian Griefer of Perth Arabey, N. J., vice-presidents; Graenum Berger of New York, secretary; and M^yer E. Fichman of Harrisburg, treas¬ urer.
Use of the Jewish center ns a plaee^ where "not only the end of democracy is preached, but tho means of democracy are employed,' was advocated by William Pinsfcer,
Many Refugees Dumped Into France By Nazis
'^¦Si^'H*^**f;feS!tf-3{<(^W«»*«i *e*ish~6e«t«;!-rn"-i«i" adA-ess to ' fCfefttraty to ,_the"k,w_ of equity the'Center Vorkcrs. He proposed
that the center "act as a common
¦and hnmanitarianism" is how the Nazf. press 'descVilfea it.-. ."ABC, the leading Spanish rebel dally, reports that among the books which the Fascist prison director at Santander requisitioned fdr the use of Loyalist prisoners was thc "Protocols of tho Elders of Zion," to {irovide >"spiritlial food ;foT their tired souls". .'.Which remind^ UB of a story TYank C. panighen tells about the Pope in a copy¬ righted story in tha New York Poat...To a priest who declared that he believed in thp "Protocols" His Holiness said: "You must be out of your mind, You will'now retire to' tho X— aanitoriutti, where a neurologist will tiy to restore you to reason". ..Every- body who's anyliody.in the Third Reich has to' have a certificate of Aryanism...But Leni Eiefen- stahl, whom rumor has linked in amorous association with the Fu- roaror despite the tales of her non- Aryanism, geti hy simply with an okay from Goering...The City of Manchester, England, has been inscribed in the Jewish National Fund Golden Boole in commemora¬ tion of the contennial of ita muni¬ cipal charter.... WE PAT CUB BACK
Uncle Phineaa sure called the turn when he predicted that the convention of the Non-Sectarian Anti-l^nzi League would bo a cat- and-dog fight..The fireworks were touched off by the Cleveland and Detroit delegations, which insisted that an election of a national board of directors was illegal.,.But they didn't get far, even though they had a letter from Hal>bi Abba Hillel Silver, president pro-tom.. .. Prom what we hear wa won't bo at all surprised if the Clevo- land and Detroit groups Sbjede... The wholo row evolved around tho question of which group was more democratic.. .We particularly noted that a largo number of dele¬ gates from New Jersey were pres- en.t...The guess is that George Gordon Battle may bo tho next president of the League.,, A mem¬ ber of Stephen S, Wise's Free Synagogue has resigned after 25 years [lecaiise he opposes the AmericOTi Jewish Congress referen¬ dum... The dishes used at th^ din¬ ner tendered at the cornerstone- laying exercises of tha Palestine Povilion at the World's Pair wero Geri>ian-inade...But don't blame the Pavilion or Fair authorities,, . .The dinner was catered by Louis SheiTy.... UMLE NAPOItEONB
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education of tho United States Offico of Education, advocated es¬ tablishment of community councils in which various agencies con¬ ducted by various religious or cultural groups would cooperate in tho creation of tho related pro"- grams for youth guidance that are needed today. Dr. Bcnjanrtin Edidin of New York proposed thc use of Jewish centers as meeting places for all Zionist groups in tho com¬ munity, for spreading Zionist lit¬ erature, organizing discussion clubs devoted to Zionism and ad¬ vocating among the membership^ the desirability of visiting Pales-' tine to see and report the accom¬ plishment of the Zionist pioneers. Dr. Samuel- Dinin, president of the educators' group, declared in his presidential address, that for all persecuted Jews, included so- called "quarter Jews," "the "only road to' dignity and self-respect is the road back to their people, to the culturo and traditions and companionship of the people with whom they are identified whether they will it or not. The only way to travel this road is through a process of Jewish education and re-education. Young and old must go back to the fountain of Jew¬ ish learning and lore and get from them sustenance and strength to enable them to face the world fearless and unafraid as Jews." Assimilation theories, ho aaid, are "bankrupt." Harry L. Greenstein of Baltimore, president of the social workers, told his colleagues that Jevfish social work must find a new approach and adopt "a cleancut philosophy" if it is to adapt itself to changing conditions. "We must re-eicamine the goal of Jewish aocial work in the United States and try to develop ways and. nieans on the basis of which wo can broaden our aupport and, even more important, broaden par¬ ticipation ao that every alratiflca-
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PARIS (WNS)—Pending an In¬ vestigation of their papers, some CO Gorman and Austrian Jcvfisk refugees who had been forced across the German border into Franco near Sierck have been per¬ mitted to remain in tha countty, The refugees, who have sorai fund.s, reported that 800 othft refugees were on the other side of tho frontier and may bo fa- polled at any moment. Their plight is so critical, it was said, that somo of them had tried "jo drown thertiselvrs and others had attempted suicido by taking poises or slashing their' wrists. Neither Belgium nor Luxembourg will ftd- mit the refugees nnd if Vianh denies them a haven tbey will 1^! stranded.
NEW YOEIC (WNS)—Deatl was preferable to an involuntarj retum to Naziland for Miss Lieoel Wolfe, 37-year-old German Jewess, who committed suicide by jumpirtg from a fifth-floor window at iho I?e Hirsch Residence Hall fot ¦young Women, 24 hours before tho expiration of a six-week per¬ mit on which she was admitted to the United. States, Upon expir:^- tion of the permit She would have been obliged to retum to Germany becauso the immigi'ation laws der bar aliens as permanent resideh^i unless they prestfiit',proof that B reputable citizen/lias'assumed re¬ sponsibility thai; they will not ba- como public charges. Miss Wolfi had been unable to find someonfe to.vouch for her. She was a nativp of Munich.
dii:acjor._^o{ %hfi. JBvpAton,^'3j[n5,'iJ-«ian~o#.a<!>jrislr4llvf,-l!t-tar ivspoe-~ ^«-.tei«i*-r?fl,.-*«Wi-«-r,-t.*r, «flA..:«A -*« tive communities^ can play ita part
the 'Sevelopment of Jewish
meeting ground, helping to pro¬ mote better understanding be¬ tween opposing groupa in the .capital-labor struggle, and also helping to bring about cooperation ariiong various rival groups like the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. Miss Miriam .Epjiraim of Pitts¬ burgh,' president of tho center workers, called upon all associated Jewish-center work to help imbue thij Jewish community "with loyal devotion and consecration to Jew¬ ish life, to democracy and to the cause of helping create a better world for all." Fred J. lielV, head' of the division of higher
Urges Protestant Drive For Victims Of Anti-Semitism
PHILADELPHIA (WNS)— Charging that "the Christian churches of America to date have miserably failed" in their duty in meeting the Jewish problem, Dr. Conrad Hoffman, Jr., assist¬ ant aecretary of the Presbyterian Board of National Missions, toldi a conference preceding the opening of the ISOth general assembly of the Presbyterian Church that It ought to lead tho Protestant de¬ nominations in this country in raising a fund to aid Hitler's vic¬ tims of antl-Seraltisra. Empha¬ sizing that anti-Semitic sentiment in this country is on tho increase and that jliany denominations have repeatedly protested against it. Dr. Hottman said "wo aro duty bound to put our protests into action. Wo aro duty bound to help those who are victims of anti- Semitism. If we are to do our duty, wo -will consider firat the cause and ' consequence of anti- Semitismi -In the second place, we will realize thnt wo never will evangelize i the Jewa Bntil we Cbrlationlzel tho Christiana. Every¬ one of our churches which haa Jows in tho neighborhood should include thim in the Christian neighborly program of the church. Maybe then a pronouncement that all anti-Semltl&m here and abroad is contrary to the Christian faith would be in order. But we would havo to back up any such pro¬ nouncement with action. I have hoped that our church would ho tho flrilt t(> go out and raise a fund against anti-Semitism, but none has raised money,"
community programs. We must de¬ velop a greater Jewish cohcsive- noss artd solidarity in Jewiah life in America." Pointing out that "the original concepts 'on the basis ot which Jewish organizations and Jewiah federations were set up aro entirely different now than in years gone by," Mr. Greenstein said "we will need a new approach in the new and changing world in which we are living. Until we clari¬ fy our thinking with regard to the objectives of Jewish social Work we will bo merely temporiz¬ ing with the critical issues racing us, instead of following a clean- cut philosophy."
Anti-Jewish Bill In Hungary Passes
BUDAPEST (WNS) — Hun¬ gary's omnibus anti-Jewish, bill limiting to twenty percent the pro¬ portion of Jews that may be em¬ ployed in tho country's industrial, commercial, profeasionai and cul¬ tural lifo moved to within one short atep of final finactment into the law whon the Senate adopted tho measure by tho overwhelming vote of 57 to 3. Only the signa¬ ture of Regent Nicholas Horthy is now required beforo the law becomes operative. The Chamber of Deputies approved the bill by an overwhelming majority on May 13th, the day the Kolomon Daranyi cabinet, aponaor of the law, resigned in fayor of tha Bela Imredy Bovei-nment. In its final lorm the bill contains'the clause defining as Jews all who were Jows beforo August 1, IDIO. Thia provision had drawn protests from the Christian clergy who objected to discriminating againat Chris¬ tians regardless of tho date of their baptismal.
An Appreciation
Ohio Jewish Chrbnicie Columbus, Ohio Dear Mr. Nouatadt:
In ploaing a moat successful sea¬ son tha B'nai Brith Ladies Auxil¬ iary wishes to thank you for your kind cooperation in publicizing its activities during the past yoar. Tho generous space allowed ua coiU,ri- buted in no small way to our Idc- ccss, and we want to assure you that it waa greatly appreciated.
Again thanking you, I am Very truly yours, JEANNETTE R. PAPIER, Publicity Co-Oiairman
WASHINGTON, D. C. (WNS)— Appointment of a seven-man committee to investigate ira-Ameri- cnn propaganda in tho United ."ilatcs and to report'its findings no htor than January 3, 1939 was authorized by the House of Eepre sentatives when it approved by a vniLc voto tho Dies leaolution pro¬ posing the pi-nbe. No action is ic(|uii-ed by either thc Senate or the Proaident on this resolution but hofoiD the ^inquiry can actually Plot under way another resolution appi oprialing funds is needed ainco tlio Die-; resolution carries Mio au¬ thorization for funds. Opposition to tho resolution wai led by Eeprc- tontative Maverick of Texas who said there was no need for the investigation. Ho objected to it on tho dual ground that it would Ipad to red-baiting and race-bait¬ ing. Maverick said "it is tim6 this Houso quit four-flushing and bally- hooing. You know that this reso-" lution is aimed particularly at the Ka/i movement. It is not tho Dies resolution. It is the Dickstein reso¬ lution and, the investigation won't disclose anything that we don't nlroady k'now. We know about the Nazi camps but what ia an inveati- gation going to do about them? I wain you that thia investigation will cause race hatred and may prove the entering wedge for per¬ secution. Don't forgot thnt the Gel-mans may get the best of you. There are more Germans in this country than there are Jews."
The House voted after a two- hour debate during which Bepre- sentative Dies revealed he had in-- foiTOation that a member of the German-American Bund, in a speech at one of its camps, had advocated' tbe assassination
Dr. Jos. J. Schwartz
WASHINGTON, D. C. (WNS)— Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, executive director of the Brooklyn Federa¬ tion of Jewish Charities, waS elect¬ ed president of the National Con¬ ference of Jewish Social Welfare at tho close of ita 39th annual meeting. Ho succeeds Harry Green¬ stein, executive director of the Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore. Ho is a graduate of Yeshiva College and holds a Ph.D. in Semitic languages from Yale University. From 1926 to 1928 he held a Sterling Research Fellow¬ ship at Yale and taught English and government at the American University in Cairo from 1928 to 1929.
Bsail ieltes for laming Mi@ri&ani Mraii Froi ittaal Mm 0! Foreign
Complete Plans For ¦
Convention 0! Jewisli:
War Veterans Here ', .„.„ _ „.. .^_ ¦¦¦,.. .
au ing oppression visited on Jews by , o£[leaders and exponents of totali-
Final plana have been arrapgedfesidcnt Eoosevelt. Ho said there I tarianism. Signed by Eev.- Gordon by the state convention commit'fe-.i|^^^ 3?. camp^^ ip ^the mttion. and
Church Of Canada Raps Persecution Of J6ws <
TORONTO (WNS)—The spread of anti-Semitic propaganda in Canada by various agencies at the present time "tends to break the fundamental unity of our rational life and threatens the apirit of our democracy," it was declared by the United Church-^ of Canada, representing tho Congressional, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches, in a statement condemn-
CHICAGO (WNS)—Under Sec¬ retaiy of State Sumner Wcllea' Baltimore apcech in which he warn¬ ed Americans to end their con¬ demnation o^ the internal policies of other nationa "regarding which we have no rightful concern" was bitterly assailed by a group of noted Chicago authorities on in¬ ternational law and leading edu¬ cators in a telegram to Mr. Welles made public by Salmon 0. Levin¬ son, oliginator of the Kellogg- Briand pact to outlaw war. The telegram cited a long list of Ameri¬ can precedents for protesting against the domestic policies of foreign countries, especially poli¬ cies involving racial and religious discrimination. Declaring that "it is a confusion of terma to call, as you do, the torture of religion and racial persecution as is practiced by Nazi Germany, a domestic policy," tho aigners of the tele¬ gram pointed out by references to statements by Presidents Benjamin Harrison and Theodore Roosevelt that tho exiling of large numbers of people hy -one country is not a local question because they have to ent''er another country.
' NEW YORK (WNS)—"Official spokesmen must be guarded, but American public opinion cannot be restrained and cannot be ex¬ pected to restrain itself when the domestic , policies of any country shock the moral aenae and shake the moral order of the world," The New York Times declarea' in an editorial stressing the diiTiculty of diatinguishing between the domes¬ tic and foreign policies of dicta¬ torial nations. Commenting on the
¦pf; thv", .fftj.rlali -"vrai Vet6r1ftis]il which Sam Lichtenstein of Ca] toi Post 122 is general chairniaa. The Deshler Hotel will be tht scene of the convention progranl on Saturday, Juno 18th,'and Sun5 day 19th. According to prescniJ plans, the registration of delegates <¦-' guesta will take place on'
and
Saturday afternoon and evening. A special entertainment and gen¬ eral reception will take place on Saturday evening. Sunday morn¬ ing will he the ,occasion for gen¬ eral committeo meetings and the opening of the convention, to bc followed by a noon luncheon, with contiiiuation of "buainess sessions in afternoon. The convention ban¬ quet is scheduled for 6 p. m.
Many notables and distinguished guests }iavo already accepted to be iiresent for the banquet pro¬ gram. Definite acceptances ^ have already been received from Hairy Schaffer, national commander of the J. W. Y.; A. L Hausman, atate commander; Mra. Sharei Eein, state president of ths Ladies Aux- iliai-y; Sam Friedman, national vice-commander from Fifth Reg¬ ion; Edgar Burman, national vice- commander from New York City; Lester Greengard, Indianapolis Post commander; M. Bordelove, Detroit Post commander; Mayor Geasaman, of Columbua, Governor ¦, (Continued on page s)
i^ftE'e Bund claimed "a member- fbip of 480,000. Repreaentatiye Johnson of Minnesota asked Mr. pies why, if he had information about Nazi camps, he did not at¬ tempt to obtain passage of the Voorhis bill to forbid military ac¬ tivitiea in this country other than those of the regular armed forces oi. the govemment.
Dr. Buber Honored By Hebrew Union College
'Three D. D.'s Awarded; Four j Become Rabbis; Awards Are Announced
Morris To Address B'nai B'rith Monday
Leroy Morria of the Columbu: Better Business Bureau will ad di-esB Zion Lodge, B'nai Brith, thia coming Monday ovening, June C, at the Biroad St. Temple, at eight o'clock. His sub ject will be "Frauds and Fakers".
Mr. Morris has been associated with the local Better Buainess Bureau since 1929 ai]d during the past nine years has coontvibuted Zi9isoy Momii much to th^ phe¬ nomenal increase in membership of that organiatlon by his fearless leadership in the 'flght against had businesa practice in this commun¬ ity. Ha is assistant - manager to Mr, Homer E, Fryo, general man¬ ager of the Burcai^,
E. J, Schanfarber was lecently elected president of tho Cblttmbus Better Buainess Bureau, succeeding AUen Gundei-aheimer, and Sinion Lazarus vi'ua made second vice president.
] CINCINNATI — Dr. Martin Unber, noted German Jewish sav¬ ant, was the recipient of the honor¬ ary degree of Doctor of Hebrew Law, in absentia, at the commence- nient exercises of the Hebrew Union College, America's eldest rabbinical seminary, here May 28. Threo alnmni-of tlie Cincinnati in¬ stitution were awarded Doctor of ,Divinity degreea for successful graduate study and four new rab¬ bis were ordained.
Thoso who received the D. D. degrea -were: Eabbi Alan Singer Green, M. A., of Troy, N. Y., Rab¬ bi David MaXL Eichhorn, B. A., of Texnrkana, Tex., Habbi Abra¬ ham Shuaterman, B. A., of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The new'rabbis are: Rabbi Sid- nay Ballon, B. A., of Providence, V.,, L, Babbi Harold L. Gelfman, B. A., of Springfield,. Mass., Rabbi Meyer H. Marx, B. A., of N6w York City, N. X- Kabbi Loo E. TuritiB, B. A., of Rock Island, 111.
Eabbi Ballon waa awarded tho Simon Lazarua prize for "that itudent o( tho graduating class i^ho has completed the entire Col- IcBiato Department in residence, has attained the highest academic standing and has shown himself by character and diligence worthy of this honor."
Joseph lOein, Columbus, 0., re¬ ceived the Ella H. Philipaon Prize for tho best e^say on "The Vision a'i a Literary Form in Prophetic Literature."
A. Sisco, Secretary of tho United Church, tho statement was in the form of a message to Dr. Stepheri S. Wise, president of the Ameri¬ can Jewish Congress, expressing sympathy for the victims of op¬ pression and declaring that the Congre'is "iS seeking to act for the protection of Jewish people in this day of persecution" and that "its efforts deserve the sympa¬ thetic aupport of Americans and Canadians of all faiths."
OMAHA (WNS) — Declaring that Nazi racial tenets were an "international outrage," and the sufferings of the German Jews "so horrible, so terrifying, so dia¬ bolical that no man of sensibility would even dare to ,make a public recital of them," Bishop James H. Ryan, head of , the Omah.T Catholic diocese, told gueats at a testimonial dinner in honor of Hemy Monsky, newly-elected president of the B'nai Brith, that tho present plight of the Jews of Gei-raany should "serve as a na¬ tional warrtiiig against allowing oui-selves at any time to be en¬ gulfed by tho false rabid and un- Christian theories of tho totali¬ tarian state."
Qertner Heads Fraternity
Columbua Graduate Chapter of the Tau Epsilon Rho Law Frater¬ nity has chosen the following of- ficcva for the enauing year: Presi- dent, Abraham Gertner; Vice- picbidenl, Morris L. Mattlin; Seu- retary, Sam Topolosky; Treasurer, Joseph Eiaenberg. The annual election waa followed by a stag paity at the Excelsior Club Tuea¬ day night,
Mass Meeting Being
Called By Local (Jroup
For Thursday Eve.
A Mass Meeting is to be held at the Agudath Achim Synagogue next Thursday evening, Juno 9, at 8 o'clock, under the auspices of the Columbus division of thc American Jewish Congress. Rabbi Rudolph .Rosenthal, a member of tho Cleveland division of the Ameiican Jewish Congress, will bo tho principal speaker.. The en¬ tire Jewish community is cor¬ dially invited to attend.
University President Hails
Coming Of Hillel
Foundation
'WASHINGTON, D. C. (WNS)— A message from Dr. H. B. Wells, president of Indiana University, extending a cordial welcome to the B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation to be established at Indiana Univer¬ sity in the Fall xvas made public here by Dr. A, L. Sachar, nation¬ al director of the Hillel Founda¬ tions. Dr. Wells said "there is a recognized need on this campus ior such a foundation to serve the Jewish aludenta here nnd I am sure your efforts will result in greater happiness and deeper un¬ derstanding among them. I am glad you have chosen to establibli a branch of youv organization." Tho new foundation will bo the 12th in tha Hillel chain.
peace by assailing the purely^ In¬ ternal policies of foreign nationa. Under Secretary of Stato Sumiicr Welles told tho Presbyterian So¬ cial Union of Maryland in a .speech generally regarded^ aa a semi-offi¬ cial warning to govemment oflPi- cials, national, state and local, to bc cautious in attacking Germany, Italy, Russia and Japan. "We Americans," ho aaid, "havo always heen, and I trust We always will be, alive to tho auflltrings of the oppressed. Today, vrithin thc limits of our existing legislation, wa ara preparing to join with 32 other nations in finding a way to afford help and refugo in aome other part ^ of the world to many thousanda of political refugees from Central Europe. Apart from legitimate humanitarian concern on oUr part, manifested in a constructive man¬ ner, we surely do not advance the cause of world peace by -under¬ taking publicly to assail the domes¬ tic policies of other nations."
He made it plain, however, that "when tho policy of another country endangers our rights or our interests as a nation or when it threatens the maintenance of those basic principles of interna¬ tional law and of conduct to which we have proclaimed our adherenca and' whi<;h wo believe essential to world order, thijn this govem¬ ment should feel frca to adopt such attitude aa it believes the best interests of the American people demand." Cautioning against "confusion between what is an attack upon our instltationa and the purely internal policy of a foreign government," Mr.-Welles declared thaj; the cause of world
speech of Under Secretary of State peace and the policy of keeping Welles, the Timea asserts that I our own country at peace "ara not.
"tho Nuremberg Laws, for in¬ stance,' ma;y' be domestic legisla¬ tion as far as Gefmany is Con¬ cerned, but they all have the eft'eets of a foreign policy in tho public indignation and thc practi¬ cal problem they create in other countries. A nation that forces un¬ wanted citizens on other nations makes them a foreign affair."
BALTIMORE (WNS)—Ameri¬ cans harm the cauao of world
furthered by our participation • In intbmational polemics and recrim¬ inations over internal policies of other nations regarding which wo hayo no rigljtful concem." He stressed, however, that "when alien, influences seek to undermine our owfn inatitutions wa become defi¬ nitely concerned" and "the gov¬ ernment is fully prepared to deal with thia possibility in accordance with the provisions of our laws."
Bryden Rd. Temple To Confirm Class 01 19 Sunday Morning
Nineteen boys and girls 'will be colifiTmed at the Bryden Road Temple this Sunday, June 5, at 10:00 a. m. On this significant occasion they will pause to reflect, to aspire, to consider, to resolve and to pray. In poem and prayer, music and song, they will relive Jewish history, its struggles, its yearnings, thoughts, and give voice to Israel's ever-resurgent message of the need of a moral and spiritual foundation aa the surety of hope and peace for ihe world.
The word "confirmation** is de¬ rived from two Latin words, "con" which means 'together'—and "firmo,*' 'to strengthen.' The word confirmation thus mean s—^"to strengthen together" and the ceremony of confirmation ia tho act of strengthening one's connec¬ tion with, and allegiance to, his faith and people, -The order of aervices is as follows:—
Organ Proliido:
"Grand Choeur" _„,. Speiicfl
Slmbuoth Sprvlcea
Prayer Book, PngeH 2J 8-230, 238-2-IC PROCESSIONAL An til em:
"Bleasoa ig He Who Cometh"
„ • r Gounoa
Openinsr Prayor
.-..Uettje J. Oppenheimer
The Tomh:
Introduction Ethlyn Juster
Removal of Scroll
Benlamtn T. Friedman
BleaalnES „ Hari-y C Frank, Jt.
Reading-
. ... Irvin Stein and Haiold Stone liellglon and Morality
.Teanno Edelman
The Ton Comma nflmenttJ
• 4 Qeraldtnn Robhina
ana Adrleune L. Moas
Return of Torah, Rudolph Stern, Jr. Floral Offerlns-:
Cello Solo: *\)n Wings of Song"
MendelBHolin
Meaning of Flowers .Arm Gumble RoniaiiCQ of Jewish History
Stanley P. Keesel
Meaning of Judaism
— Arthur \r. KobacUcr
What Maliea a Peraon a Jew.?
,. Pollvanna E'rledman
The Synagojjue ....Robert D. Blaahek Tha Power of Prayer .... Irene ScUUf
Duet:
"Happy the Home" Dykes
AdilrebH tit Parenta*
Our Father Baity Stelnhauaer
Oui* Mother Gloiia J, Btckman
Anthem:
"Gieat is Juhovah" Sdiubert
Sermon Rabbi SJamuol II. Gup
Cello tiulo:
"NoltUirio" „ 31tentleIgaohn
I Bleasine of Conflfmauts
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Participation In Jewish Congress Vote Rejected By C. J. W.
NEW YOEK (WNS)—A poUey of non-pacticipatlon in tht forth¬ coming referendum of tho Amcri- cili Jewish Congreas Was Voted unaniin(!uBly by the National Coun¬ cil of Jewish Women after a poll taken of tho views of 45 members of' its national board revealed a unanimous Uand on the question, it was announced by Mrs. Maurice Ii. Goldman,'president. The Council declared it considers "undesirable any referendum which seeks to give one group in AmeHca the* right to speak for all" and "inj- possible" to "reflect the thinking of all the Jowish organizations as Well as tha unafltiliated Jews" and omplmaized that "there'is no one group in America, no matter how large its membership or how great ¦ its vote of confidence, that could honestly and ail-inclusively speak , for all the Jews in America,"
At the same time. Dr. Samuel H. Goldenson, rabbi «f Temple Emanu-el, expressed oppoaition to tho referendum in a sermon. He said that in the face ot existine differences among Jows "to de¬ mand a single and oll-inclusive^-^^^ agency to speak for all Jewry ijt ' not only not calculated to fncroafc \ unity, but may even jeopardize/ • the very real unity that now exists among us." He alao expressed the fear that such an organiza¬ tion of all ''the Jews "that speaks of itself as a congreas or sn as¬ sembly, conducts plebiscites or referenda, and allies itself with Jewish organizations of other lands in one grand international body, cannot but give support to the charge tliat we Jews ara pt boltonj racially and r^difally different from the reat of the tJtizans of tlio country. In effect, such an orgunization is an indirect' accept¬ ance of the racial philosophy o! the Hitler rogimo." Kabbi Golden¬ son also oijposed the all-inclnsivo agency because he said he feared it might become involved ia poli¬ tics.

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The captain of one o£ the big German liners is going to bo grab¬ bed by G-men ono of these days in connection with Uncle Sam's probe of a Nazi.spy ring...We wonder whether a certain member of tho U. S. Senate, from a South¬ ern State, knows thnt his speeches against immigration are being handed out at Nazi Bund meetings .. .If the Anti-Nazi League should decide to go through with a boy- colt oE tho SohmcUng-Louis flght they ought 'to bo told that ono of their officers has bought a. block of tickets for tho bout. ..We had hoard it before, but not until We read it in The Commonweal, Ca¬ tholic weekly, did wo really believe tho report that Mayor Hague's Jersey City cops Went out of their way to beat up Jews who happen¬ ed to be in Jounial Square the night Norman Thomas was bounc¬ ed out of Hagucvljle...Ono of Montreal's lea'ding Christian civic leaders is making arrangements to bring into Canada a 17-ycar old ^German Jewish )ad from Mainz whoso grandfather was a friend of his.,.Walt Disney ought to be told that the German-American Bund is using the tuno of the Marching Song from "Snow White nnd tho Seven Dwarfs" as the theme of an anti-Somitid' ditty used-at their meetings. ..One -of the Littlo Annie Rooney colored comics syndicated by tha Hearst- owned King Features recently con¬ tained some very subtle nnti- Faacist propaganda,.,.
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Mussolini has found it so tough to get mftney for the exploitation of Ethiopia that ho is readying an offer to turn the country over to the Jews under certain conditions, Geneva rumors,».That slogan of tho Polish irredentist Western Lenguo, "Out with the Jews and ' (^etmims,''. strike' i:he Nazis, as
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•WASHINGTON, D. C. (WNS)— To centralize the task of re-set¬ tling German Jowish refugeea in the United States away-from the congested Eastern centers of popu¬ lation tho National Coordinating Committee for German nefngees created a national resettlement coinmittee at a meeting held here because many of its members were attending the sessions of the Na¬ tional Confeience of Jewish Social Service, the National Association of Jewish Center Workers and the I^ational Council fbr Jewish Edu¬ cation. The new committee will undertake to coordinate existing local and regional resettlement committees throughout the coun¬ try.
Dr. Samuel Dinin, registrar of the Jewish Theological Seminary, was reelected president of the Na¬ tional Council for Jewish Educa¬ tion, Other officers elected hy the educators were Bernard 'Isaacs of Detroit, vice-prosident; Samuel Blumenfeld of Chicago, aecretary; Nathan Brilliant of Cleveland, treasurer; and Boh Eosen of Phila¬ delphia, editor of "Jowisli Educa- tiqn'', The National Association of Jewish Center Workers named Samuel Shair, executive ' director of tha Scranton Y. M. H. A., presi¬ dent, and the following other offi¬ cers: Louis Kraft, acting execu¬ tive director of the Jewish Wel¬ fare Board, honorary president; Isadore Bierfeld of Yonkers, Ben- jttrtiin Fox of Brooklyn, Herman Jacobs of Detroit and Julian Griefer of Perth Arabey, N. J., vice-presidents; Graenum Berger of New York, secretary; and M^yer E. Fichman of Harrisburg, treas¬ urer.
Use of the Jewish center ns a plaee^ where "not only the end of democracy is preached, but tho means of democracy are employed,' was advocated by William Pinsfcer,
Many Refugees Dumped Into France By Nazis
'^¦Si^'H*^**f;feS!tf-3{"spiritlial food ;foT their tired souls". .'.Which remind^ UB of a story TYank C. panighen tells about the Pope in a copy¬ righted story in tha New York Poat...To a priest who declared that he believed in thp "Protocols" His Holiness said: "You must be out of your mind, You will'now retire to' tho X— aanitoriutti, where a neurologist will tiy to restore you to reason". ..Every- body who's anyliody.in the Third Reich has to' have a certificate of Aryanism...But Leni Eiefen- stahl, whom rumor has linked in amorous association with the Fu- roaror despite the tales of her non- Aryanism, geti hy simply with an okay from Goering...The City of Manchester, England, has been inscribed in the Jewish National Fund Golden Boole in commemora¬ tion of the contennial of ita muni¬ cipal charter.... WE PAT CUB BACK
Uncle Phineaa sure called the turn when he predicted that the convention of the Non-Sectarian Anti-l^nzi League would bo a cat- and-dog fight..The fireworks were touched off by the Cleveland and Detroit delegations, which insisted that an election of a national board of directors was illegal.,.But they didn't get far, even though they had a letter from Hal>bi Abba Hillel Silver, president pro-tom.. .. Prom what we hear wa won't bo at all surprised if the Clevo- land and Detroit groups Sbjede... The wholo row evolved around tho question of which group was more democratic.. .We particularly noted that a largo number of dele¬ gates from New Jersey were pres- en.t...The guess is that George Gordon Battle may bo tho next president of the League.,, A mem¬ ber of Stephen S, Wise's Free Synagogue has resigned after 25 years [lecaiise he opposes the AmericOTi Jewish Congress referen¬ dum... The dishes used at th^ din¬ ner tendered at the cornerstone- laying exercises of tha Palestine Povilion at the World's Pair wero Geri>ian-inade...But don't blame the Pavilion or Fair authorities,, . .The dinner was catered by Louis SheiTy.... UMLE NAPOItEONB
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education of tho United States Offico of Education, advocated es¬ tablishment of community councils in which various agencies con¬ ducted by various religious or cultural groups would cooperate in tho creation of tho related pro"- grams for youth guidance that are needed today. Dr. Bcnjanrtin Edidin of New York proposed thc use of Jewish centers as meeting places for all Zionist groups in tho com¬ munity, for spreading Zionist lit¬ erature, organizing discussion clubs devoted to Zionism and ad¬ vocating among the membership^ the desirability of visiting Pales-' tine to see and report the accom¬ plishment of the Zionist pioneers. Dr. Samuel- Dinin, president of the educators' group, declared in his presidential address, that for all persecuted Jews, included so- called "quarter Jews," "the "only road to' dignity and self-respect is the road back to their people, to the culturo and traditions and companionship of the people with whom they are identified whether they will it or not. The only way to travel this road is through a process of Jewish education and re-education. Young and old must go back to the fountain of Jew¬ ish learning and lore and get from them sustenance and strength to enable them to face the world fearless and unafraid as Jews." Assimilation theories, ho aaid, are "bankrupt." Harry L. Greenstein of Baltimore, president of the social workers, told his colleagues that Jevfish social work must find a new approach and adopt "a cleancut philosophy" if it is to adapt itself to changing conditions. "We must re-eicamine the goal of Jewish aocial work in the United States and try to develop ways and. nieans on the basis of which wo can broaden our aupport and, even more important, broaden par¬ ticipation ao that every alratiflca-
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PARIS (WNS)—Pending an In¬ vestigation of their papers, some CO Gorman and Austrian Jcvfisk refugees who had been forced across the German border into Franco near Sierck have been per¬ mitted to remain in tha countty, The refugees, who have sorai fund.s, reported that 800 othft refugees were on the other side of tho frontier and may bo fa- polled at any moment. Their plight is so critical, it was said, that somo of them had tried "jo drown thertiselvrs and others had attempted suicido by taking poises or slashing their' wrists. Neither Belgium nor Luxembourg will ftd- mit the refugees nnd if Vianh denies them a haven tbey will 1^! stranded.
NEW YOEIC (WNS)—Deatl was preferable to an involuntarj retum to Naziland for Miss Lieoel Wolfe, 37-year-old German Jewess, who committed suicide by jumpirtg from a fifth-floor window at iho I?e Hirsch Residence Hall fot ¦young Women, 24 hours before tho expiration of a six-week per¬ mit on which she was admitted to the United. States, Upon expir:^- tion of the permit She would have been obliged to retum to Germany becauso the immigi'ation laws der bar aliens as permanent resideh^i unless they prestfiit',proof that B reputable citizen/lias'assumed re¬ sponsibility thai; they will not ba- como public charges. Miss Wolfi had been unable to find someonfe to.vouch for her. She was a nativp of Munich.
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meeting ground, helping to pro¬ mote better understanding be¬ tween opposing groupa in the .capital-labor struggle, and also helping to bring about cooperation ariiong various rival groups like the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. Miss Miriam .Epjiraim of Pitts¬ burgh,' president of tho center workers, called upon all associated Jewish-center work to help imbue thij Jewish community "with loyal devotion and consecration to Jew¬ ish life, to democracy and to the cause of helping create a better world for all." Fred J. lielV, head' of the division of higher
Urges Protestant Drive For Victims Of Anti-Semitism
PHILADELPHIA (WNS)— Charging that "the Christian churches of America to date have miserably failed" in their duty in meeting the Jewish problem, Dr. Conrad Hoffman, Jr., assist¬ ant aecretary of the Presbyterian Board of National Missions, toldi a conference preceding the opening of the ISOth general assembly of the Presbyterian Church that It ought to lead tho Protestant de¬ nominations in this country in raising a fund to aid Hitler's vic¬ tims of antl-Seraltisra. Empha¬ sizing that anti-Semitic sentiment in this country is on tho increase and that jliany denominations have repeatedly protested against it. Dr. Hottman said "wo aro duty bound to put our protests into action. Wo aro duty bound to help those who are victims of anti- Semitism. If we are to do our duty, wo -will consider firat the cause and ' consequence of anti- Semitismi -In the second place, we will realize thnt wo never will evangelize i the Jewa Bntil we Cbrlationlzel tho Christiana. Every¬ one of our churches which haa Jows in tho neighborhood should include thim in the Christian neighborly program of the church. Maybe then a pronouncement that all anti-Semltl&m here and abroad is contrary to the Christian faith would be in order. But we would havo to back up any such pro¬ nouncement with action. I have hoped that our church would ho tho flrilt t(> go out and raise a fund against anti-Semitism, but none has raised money,"
community programs. We must de¬ velop a greater Jewish cohcsive- noss artd solidarity in Jewiah life in America." Pointing out that "the original concepts 'on the basis ot which Jewish organizations and Jewiah federations were set up aro entirely different now than in years gone by," Mr. Greenstein said "we will need a new approach in the new and changing world in which we are living. Until we clari¬ fy our thinking with regard to the objectives of Jewish social Work we will bo merely temporiz¬ ing with the critical issues racing us, instead of following a clean- cut philosophy."
Anti-Jewish Bill In Hungary Passes
BUDAPEST (WNS) — Hun¬ gary's omnibus anti-Jewish, bill limiting to twenty percent the pro¬ portion of Jews that may be em¬ ployed in tho country's industrial, commercial, profeasionai and cul¬ tural lifo moved to within one short atep of final finactment into the law whon the Senate adopted tho measure by tho overwhelming vote of 57 to 3. Only the signa¬ ture of Regent Nicholas Horthy is now required beforo the law becomes operative. The Chamber of Deputies approved the bill by an overwhelming majority on May 13th, the day the Kolomon Daranyi cabinet, aponaor of the law, resigned in fayor of tha Bela Imredy Bovei-nment. In its final lorm the bill contains'the clause defining as Jews all who were Jows beforo August 1, IDIO. Thia provision had drawn protests from the Christian clergy who objected to discriminating againat Chris¬ tians regardless of tho date of their baptismal.
An Appreciation
Ohio Jewish Chrbnicie Columbus, Ohio Dear Mr. Nouatadt:
In ploaing a moat successful sea¬ son tha B'nai Brith Ladies Auxil¬ iary wishes to thank you for your kind cooperation in publicizing its activities during the past yoar. Tho generous space allowed ua coiU,ri- buted in no small way to our Idc- ccss, and we want to assure you that it waa greatly appreciated.
Again thanking you, I am Very truly yours, JEANNETTE R. PAPIER, Publicity Co-Oiairman
WASHINGTON, D. C. (WNS)— Appointment of a seven-man committee to investigate ira-Ameri- cnn propaganda in tho United ."ilatcs and to report'its findings no htor than January 3, 1939 was authorized by the House of Eepre sentatives when it approved by a vniLc voto tho Dies leaolution pro¬ posing the pi-nbe. No action is ic(|uii-ed by either thc Senate or the Proaident on this resolution but hofoiD the ^inquiry can actually Plot under way another resolution appi oprialing funds is needed ainco tlio Die-; resolution carries Mio au¬ thorization for funds. Opposition to tho resolution wai led by Eeprc- tontative Maverick of Texas who said there was no need for the investigation. Ho objected to it on tho dual ground that it would Ipad to red-baiting and race-bait¬ ing. Maverick said "it is tim6 this Houso quit four-flushing and bally- hooing. You know that this reso-" lution is aimed particularly at the Ka/i movement. It is not tho Dies resolution. It is the Dickstein reso¬ lution and, the investigation won't disclose anything that we don't nlroady k'now. We know about the Nazi camps but what ia an inveati- gation going to do about them? I wain you that thia investigation will cause race hatred and may prove the entering wedge for per¬ secution. Don't forgot thnt the Gel-mans may get the best of you. There are more Germans in this country than there are Jews."
The House voted after a two- hour debate during which Bepre- sentative Dies revealed he had in-- foiTOation that a member of the German-American Bund, in a speech at one of its camps, had advocated' tbe assassination
Dr. Jos. J. Schwartz
WASHINGTON, D. C. (WNS)— Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, executive director of the Brooklyn Federa¬ tion of Jewish Charities, waS elect¬ ed president of the National Con¬ ference of Jewish Social Welfare at tho close of ita 39th annual meeting. Ho succeeds Harry Green¬ stein, executive director of the Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore. Ho is a graduate of Yeshiva College and holds a Ph.D. in Semitic languages from Yale University. From 1926 to 1928 he held a Sterling Research Fellow¬ ship at Yale and taught English and government at the American University in Cairo from 1928 to 1929.
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Church Of Canada Raps Persecution Of J6ws <
TORONTO (WNS)—The spread of anti-Semitic propaganda in Canada by various agencies at the present time "tends to break the fundamental unity of our rational life and threatens the apirit of our democracy," it was declared by the United Church-^ of Canada, representing tho Congressional, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches, in a statement condemn-
CHICAGO (WNS)—Under Sec¬ retaiy of State Sumner Wcllea' Baltimore apcech in which he warn¬ ed Americans to end their con¬ demnation o^ the internal policies of other nationa "regarding which we have no rightful concern" was bitterly assailed by a group of noted Chicago authorities on in¬ ternational law and leading edu¬ cators in a telegram to Mr. Welles made public by Salmon 0. Levin¬ son, oliginator of the Kellogg- Briand pact to outlaw war. The telegram cited a long list of Ameri¬ can precedents for protesting against the domestic policies of foreign countries, especially poli¬ cies involving racial and religious discrimination. Declaring that "it is a confusion of terma to call, as you do, the torture of religion and racial persecution as is practiced by Nazi Germany, a domestic policy," tho aigners of the tele¬ gram pointed out by references to statements by Presidents Benjamin Harrison and Theodore Roosevelt that tho exiling of large numbers of people hy -one country is not a local question because they have to ent''er another country.
' NEW YORK (WNS)—"Official spokesmen must be guarded, but American public opinion cannot be restrained and cannot be ex¬ pected to restrain itself when the domestic , policies of any country shock the moral aenae and shake the moral order of the world," The New York Times declarea' in an editorial stressing the diiTiculty of diatinguishing between the domes¬ tic and foreign policies of dicta¬ torial nations. Commenting on the
¦pf; thv", .fftj.rlali -"vrai Vet6r1ftis]il which Sam Lichtenstein of Ca] toi Post 122 is general chairniaa. The Deshler Hotel will be tht scene of the convention progranl on Saturday, Juno 18th,'and Sun5 day 19th. According to prescniJ plans, the registration of delegates